Cross Country

Cross Country

The season consists of 6 lead up meets at various venues and culminates in the annual Championships event. Runners from Years 5-12 compete in Age groups/ divisions for the Senior competition (13 Years & Under to Open) and Junior GPS (10 Years & Under to 12 Years & Under) over distances from 2km – 6km.

The first GPS Cross-Country Championships were held in 1971 at the University of Queensland. Limestone Park in Ipswich now plays host to this event and GPS runners have enjoyed the challenges of this course for more than 20 years.

Anglican Church Grammar School is the first school to win the inaugural GPS Championships event for Year 5-7

2015 St Joseph’s Nudgee College is the first school to win the double – Junior GPS and Senior Championships

2018 Brisbane Boys’ College wins their first Senior Championship

Competitor Quote

“I can remember that first hill at Lime Stone Park, Ipswich, like it was yesterday. Limestone Park was OUR stadium. That tunnel of war cries up the steep hill. Cross Country was that raw sport where you’d go to do what kids do best… have the freedom to run. Personally, the lifelong interschool friendships and healthy rivalries are what I cherish most from my GPS Cross Country days, but as a competitor, it was the GPS history, pride and supporters that gave me the foundations to take those experiences onto following my dreams at racing at multiple Olympic Games.”Courtney Atkinson, The Southport School 1996, International Triathlete and two-times Olympian

The Jack Ross Trophy

Official Program

The GPS Centenary Cross Country Championships Official Program contains competitor start lists, history of GPS Cross Country team and individual results, archive images and inspiring quotes from GPS cross country competitors past and present.